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Army Orders More AeroVironment Raven UAS Sensor Payloads

Gally Articola

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

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AeroVironment (AVAV) on Oct. 2 said it received a $19.9 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the Army for the company’s Mantis™ i23 gimbaled sensor payloads to continue upgrading the fleet of RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). AeroVironment, which develops and produces advanced upgrades for its highly integrated UAS, such as Raven, was selected as the result of a competitive bid. The multi-axis pan, tilt and zoom sensor payload improves the RQ-11B Raven UAS’ capability. The funds were provided by…

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